Question

In 1860 and 1861, President James Buchanan asserted cross out A) that states had the constitutional right to secede from the United States. cross out B) that the federal government had no authority to stop a state from seceding from the Union. cross out C) that he would surrender Fort Sumter if South Carolina would rejoin the Union. cross out D) that he would not resupply Fort Sumter, as it was a lost cause. cross out E) All these answers are correct.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) that states had the constitutional right to secede from the United States

Explanation:

James Buchanan was the 15th president of USA. It was during his presidency that seven southern states seceded from the Union and brought the nation on the brink of civil war.  

He was from Pennsylvania and began his career in Pennsylvania state's legislature. He  later served in both the houses of the U.S congress.

Buchanan was a democrat and he morally opposed slavery while believing that it was supported by the US constitution.. He got elected to the White House in 1856.

He tried to maintain peace between the anti and pro slavery factions in the government.  In 1856 general election Buchanan supported the idea that slavery was an issue to be decide by the individual territories and states while his challenger John Fremont asserted that the federal  government should bad slavery in all the territories.

He did not seek reelection after his first term as president but he proposed that sates did not have the right to secede and he had no constitutional power to stop them. The slavery crisis was left for the Lincoln administration to resolve.